I mostly agree, but at this point it’d be like showing a crack addict a clean house and saying “isn’t this better?” They’ll either leave or bring it with them. Maybe I’m just blackpilled on saving people…

But do we want them here? I’m torn. I’d love to onboard my extended family but I see what they post and engage with and sometimes think it’s better to leave them in the trad SM mental asylum than bring them and their troubles here 🫤

“It’s complicated” is the cop-out answer, but it’s also true. I’m currently working for an industrial-scale Bitcoin mining company, and their ROI is closer to 3%. But they’re at a scale where 3% is still looooots of money. My home mining is -infinity%, but I do it mostly for the learning experience. I’ve seen larger home miners make enough to pay their homestead’s utility costs by getting solar panels and batteries for free and old miners for cheap. From what I’m seeing the key is the same as any other business: keep costs low. Buying $10k miners and building a $1m facility to house them doesn’t pay. $0 solar panels and $200 miners might.

https://youtu.be/Z1TlbLfaJp8?si=8ZLxXwHzRKY6RIfA

*steps outside *smells the air “Cloudflare is down.”

Dammit I forgot to tag #cashu #ecash

It’s been done before but one of the problems was the Cashu token being too easily scannable / stealable. My solution is to split the token across front and back, and have a “helper” app reassemble it for pasting into your Cashu wallet.

On my feed it seems to be mostly media. Good time to plug Nostrcheck Server from 😉 https://github.com/quentintaranpino/nostrcheck-server

I got it up and tested: It’s >1mbps download and upload, which is enough for messaging (as advertised), but you definitely wouldn’t be streaming media (ie Spotify) on it.

Have you ever wanted to print your own money, but didn't want to go to jail? Now you can! Joking aside, I've assembled a proof-of-concept for a cash version of Bitcoin. See the video for a quick into, and the website (https://bem.taylorperron.com) for more details.